• To worship the Lord with heart, soul, mind and strength
• To engage our neighbors in central Montgomery County
• To equip each generation for Christian discipleship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Mary Austin served churches in New Jersey and Michigan in various capacities, including head of staff, associate pastor, and hospice chaplain, before coming to GPC in 2020. She is a graduate of Wells College and holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. Rev. Austin enjoys working with the dedicated members and talented staff of GPC, listening together for where God is leading GPC. The author of Meeting God at the Mall and Ashes at the Coffeeshop, Resurrection at the Bus Stop, she also blogs from time to time at Stained Glass in the City. Rev. Austin and her husband, Carl Smith, have a daughter in college.

 

 

Rev. Mary Beth Lawrence is a native of South Carolina, and graduated from Furman University with a B.A. in history and from Columbia Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree. Prior to joining GPC in 2002, she served the First Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia, for 15 years. While at GPC, Rev. Lawrence has met people from all over the world and has traveled to Africa and the Middle East to see what God is doing in those areas. She is happy to report that “The church is alive and well!” In Gaithersburg, Rev. Lawrence works with more than a hundred volunteers in the community and in the caring ministries of the church.

 

 

 

Carrie is a passionate youth pastor and Christ follower who has served in ministry for more than 26 years, at various levels of leadership and in many different settings. She loves youth and college students of all races, nationalities, and backgrounds, and for the last 6 years has enjoyed GPC’s loving community. Carrie has been described as creative, kind, a team player, compassionate, funny, outgoing, a leader, talkative, honest, and a Child of God. She enjoys traveling and seeing the world.

 

 

Wade is a pianist, organist, carillonneur, and composer who is passionate about congregational singing, the role of song in community building, working with choirs and ensembles, and celebrating a diverse spectrum of worship music. After winning competitions and earning two degrees in piano performance, Wade pursued a secular performance and composition career in the classical world before being drawn into ministry. He has served ministries of all sizes at Presbyterian, Lutheran, Catholic, and Baptist churches. When Wade is not working on music, he enjoys coffee, traveling, and trying to play soccer.

 

 

 

Rev. Whitney K. Fauntleroy (“Rev. Whit”) is a native of the Triangle area of North Carolina, and holds Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She received her Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Youth and Young Adult Ministry degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2012. Before coming to GPC in 2022, Rev. Whit served churches in Alexandria, Virginia, and in Wilmington and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A variety of influences have helped her to find wisdom in both the secular and the sacred, and to hear God’s voice in a myriad of ways. She spent the most meaningful year of her life as a member of AmeriCorps serving in New Orleans with a Catholic Charities rebuilding program.

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